Improving the Parole Board’s diversity

Martin Jones, Chief Executive of the Parole Board, has written a guest blog for Russell Webster on improving the diversity of the Board’s membership as part of its current recruitment drive.

He writes “Whilst 14% of the general population and over 25% of people in prison are from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background; over 95% of our Parole Board members are from a white background and we currently have no black members. In my view that is indefensible…”

Read the blog here